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ANNUAL REPORT 2014 SYDNEY GAY AND LESBIAN MARDI GRAS LTD – ABN 102 451 785 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2014 LET YOUR COLOURS BURST! BROADCAST PARTNER HOLDING HANDS FOR ANZ ENGAGED AS FIRST PARADE: A PLATFORM FOR TELEVISION SBS SOCHI AT FAIR DAY PRINCIPAL PARTNER COMMUNITY EXPRESSION Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Solidarity with our Russian Long-time supporter of Mardi Gras, Political statements and satire were proudly partnered with SBS2 to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, ANZ, became SGLMG’s first Principal front and centre in the Parade, with present the broadcast of the 2015 queer and intersex communities Partner, increasing its investment Ethel Yarwood’s Operation Border Parade. The broadcast featured was a recurring theme this year and support of the organisation. ANZ Security: Turn Back the Floats highlights of the Parade and content across the Festival, beginning with have made a commitment of three setting the tone. Solidarity with captured throughout the Festival a spectacular gesture at Fair Day. years, taking the partnership into its LGBTQI Russians was prominent and was shown on television the Tens of thousands of people joined 10th year in 2016. In its first year as with Putin on the Ritz, To Russia Sunday night following the Parade. hands to show support for Russian Principal Partner, ANZ hosted the With Love, and Putin the Heartless LGBTQI people, to coincide with the festival program launch, produced a featuring a giant puppet Putin. There SBS2 also presented the broadcast Opening Ceremony of the Winter Parade float and created GAYTMs, was a visible Intersex presence in as video on demand content and Olympics in Sochi. which attracted international media the Parade for the first time, and also globally simulcast the Parade. coverage and were awarded the People With Disabilities Australia This was the world’s largest Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions represented and celebrated LGBTQI contribution to Pride House Festival awards. people with disabilities. International’s Same Sex Hand Holding Initiative photo project. ANZ was also awarded fifth place in Pride in Diversity’s Australian Photo by Allan Vella Workplace Equality Index. courtesy of ethel yarwood enterprises 2014 MARDI GRAS PARTY SAT 01 MARCH | MARDIGRAS.ORG.AU PRINCIPAL PARTNER STRATEGIC PARTNERS GOVERNMENT PARTNER MAJOR PARTNERS MARDI GRAS COMES TO US AMBASSADOR BRIDGECLIMB:VO DK A OF FINLAND MARDI GENDER TRAILBLAZERS: DARLING HARBOUR ATTENDS PARADE GRAS DISCO CLIMB CATE AND CHAZ The magic of Mardi Gras came to US Ambassador to Australia, Mardi Gras partnered with Sydney Global LGBTQI icon Chaz Bono Darling Harbour for the first time John Berry, made history as the Harbour BridgeClimb to develop a and Australian Lieutenant Colonel in 2014 with the biggest ever first Ambassador to attend the unique experience, the Mardi Gras Cate McGregor OAM shared their Little Black Dress Run raising Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Disco Climb. Climbers took in the different yet truly inspiring stories over $45,000 for Camp Goodtime, Gras. Ambassador Berry and his beauty of Sydney’s harbour and of gender transition in 2 weeks of pop-up performances husband Curtis Yee took in the skyline as they ascended, before conversation with Dr. Elizabeth by Sydney’s best drag artists, spectacle of the 2014 Parade letting out their inner disco diva Riley, one of Australia’s leading lifesized ‘Mardi Gras Me’ photo describing the experience as “a (mirror ball and all) while dancing authorities on gender variance. cutouts, family fun activities, and powerful statement about human to gay anthems and more on the Chaz and Cate each shared deeply culminating in the spectacular dignity and diversity.” very top of the bridge. personal stories of their personal ‘Cher The Love’ on the HMAS Photo by Lyn Mills Hundreds of climbers all took away journeys in one-on-one interviews Vampire. Cher herself even courtesy of US Embassy. a souvenir video as a memento of with Dr Riley, before participating endorsed it with a fabulous tweet! their unforgettable experience. in an extended question and answer session with the audience. SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2014 LET YOUR COLOURS BURST! WOMEN SAY SOMETHING BROADCAST PARTNER QUEEN ELIZABETH: COURTNEY ACT: OUR MG AT SYDNEY TOWN HALL RADIO 2DAYFM HAPPY MARDI GRAS! GLOBAL AMBASSADOR Over 800 women (and men) came We were thrilled to welcome As the sun rose on the morning of Drag superstar Courtney Act/ together for a night of celebration 2DayFM as our official the Parade, Cunard’s grand dame Shane Jenek was appointed as the and achievement at the gala Women commercial radio partner for 2014 Queen Elizabeth sailed into Sydney inaugural Sydney Gay and Lesbian Say Something event, at Sydney and 2015. To show their support of Harbour with drag superstar Vanity Mardi Gras Global Ambassador, Town Hall. Presented in partnership the festival, the station changed Faire perched atop the vessel on a representing the spirit of Mardi with IVF Australia, the theme of their logo to ‘2GayFM’. giant stiletto, in a billowing gown Gras internationally. Dancing on the Ceiling provided with a 60-metre train wishing The station, part of the Austereo Courtney led the 2014 Parade with breath taking high production value everyone a Happy Mardi Gras! Network, broadcast a Parade night the showstopping ‘Love Train’ shows and explored the success and Sydney Harbour Bridge took part in radio show, which featured live dress walking the most fabulous challenges of over 20 prominent the festivities with a giant pride flag crosses to the Parade and runway in the world, performed a women from all our communities in unfurled on her south pylon. Breakfast with the Stars hosts, spectacular midnight show at a variety of formats. Highlights Sophie Monk and Jules Lund, who Huge thanks to our friends at Mardi Gras Party, and wowed included The Hon. Louisa Wall from were on Parade floats. Carnival Cruises and Destination audiences at Sydney Theatre with NZ, Tracey Spicer, Olympian Nat NSW. a full-scale reworking of her Cook, The Lord Mayor Clover Moore, 2DayFM also promoted The cabaret Boy’s Like Me. Jean Kittson, Lieutenant Colonel Flinders Seats and the Party to Photo by James Morgan Cate McGregor and Marcia Hines. their listeners. courtesy of Carnival Australia STRICTLY MARDI GRAS LIVING OUR VALUES DAY FOR NIGHT AT MARDI GRAS ACCORD PARADE SPECTACULAR WITH I-CARE CARRIAGEWORKS AND FAIR PLAY In celebration of the premiere of I-CARE describes the values of our Australia’s preeminent producer and Following community concerns and Baz Lurhmann’s Strictly Ballroom organisation. We strive to be an champion of queer performance, complaints about policing at Mardi The Musical, Mardi Gras’ Creative organisation that treats each other, Performance Space, joined forces Gras 2013, SGLMG, ACON, ICLC and Team, in Partnership with serves our clients and customers with Carriageworks and Mardi Gras GLRL jointly released a series of Destination NSW, created the and does our work with integrity, to present the inaugural Day for recommendations to improve spectacular closing float for the creativity, accountability, respect Night, a durational performance art policing at LGBTQI events. Many of Parade around the core message and equity. experience featuring specially the operational recommendations of Strictly Ballroom; “A life lived commissioned works by artists were negotiated into a formal Accord I-CARE is the guiding principle in fear is a life half lived”. including Lillian Starr, Justin between SGLMG and the NSW behind a 3-year plan to make our Shoulder, Martin del Amo and Hissy Police Force, and augmented by the The show stopping “Strictly Mardi organisation a better place to work, Fit, with a score composed by Fair Play initiative which provided Gras” float stopped in Taylor volunteer and do business through Stereogamous. education, rights information and Square to perform a rendition of valuing and promoting honesty and legal resources to patrons. As a Love is in the Air to close the trust, creativity and innovation, and Day for Night culminated in a packed result of these measures, there were Parade in an explosion of glitter treating people with civility, respect T-Dance which filled Carriageworks no recorded complaints about and fireworks. and fairness. with queer celebration. policing at 2014 Mardi Gras events. C0-CHAIR AND CEO REPORT This year, the board’s focus was on The Party felt good and the CO-CHAIR REPORT engaging the powerful passion of investment in the creative Siri Kommedahl and Paul Savage our community, keeping Mardi Gras and the atmosphere was well relevant and sustainable for the received A BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE future. We had some great We need to Laneway was as vibrant as CHARACTERISTIC OF SYDNEY GAY successes, tried a few new things ever and reached new levels continue to listen AND LESBIAN MARDI GRAS IS THE and suffered a few EXTRAORDINARY PASSION THE disappointments. But without of attendance to all of our ORGANISATION INVOKES IN OUR taking some risks and investing in Women Say Something filled members and DIVERSE COMMUNITY. THIS our community just as passionately Sydney Town Hall with a communities, PASSION COMES IN ALL FORMS, as they invest in Mardi Gras, we massive line-up of FROM THE DEDICATED won’t survive to serve future impressive thought leaders young and old VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS AND generations as a platform of and in all their Gender Trailblazers, a new STAFF WHO GIVE ENORMOUS expression and a beacon of hope event reaching out to our diversity, and AMOUNTS OF THEIR TIME AND for LGBTQI communities here and around the world. Transgender community transform Sydney ENERGY, TO THE CREATIVE through Lt. Col. Cate BRILLIANCE, SHOWN IN OUR We empowered each member of McGregor and Chaz Bono. Gay and Lesbian PARADE FLOATS, EVENT DESIGNS, the board to take on a significant Mardi Gras into a PROGRAMMING AND PERFORMANCES.

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